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jammies · 08-28-2009, 01:41 AM

My problem with the WRA is that every single populist movement in Alberta history has been based upon a narrow conservative viewpoint that smacks of small-town thinking and small-town mores. I don't see anything different with the WRA - while I'm sure there are many intelligent, worthy people in the movement, there are also the borderline wackjobs like Byfield hanging around and making it look like another slow train to hickville picking up steam.

When the biggest problem with Alberta - in my mind - has been pandering to and wasting money on the hinterlands, another party with a strong connection to that same country constituency is never going to be the answer. Until a strongly urban-focused party can win an election, there is never going to be the structural change necessary to control government spending in the two big sinkholes: education and health care.

08-28-2009, 01:41 AM	#153
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	My problem with the WRA is that every single populist movement in Alberta history has been based upon a narrow conservative viewpoint that smacks of small-town thinking and small-town mores. I don't see anything different with the WRA - while I'm sure there are many intelligent, worthy people in the movement, there are also the borderline wackjobs like Byfield hanging around and making it look like another slow train to hickville picking up steam. When the biggest problem with Alberta - in my mind - has been pandering to and wasting money on the hinterlands, another party with a strong connection to that same country constituency is never going to be the answer. Until a strongly urban-focused party can win an election, there is never going to be the structural change necessary to control government spending in the two big sinkholes: education and health care. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.